2.6 Advantages of using Jigsaw Task to improve the students’ speaking ability
According to Aronson 1978: 44 the advantages of jigsaw task are •
It insures the participation of the students because the students have unique, essential information; all learners need to get other’s information.
• It helps the students in learning the content of subject.
• It has a strong effect on attitude to learning and social relationship among
students in group. •
It enables the students to understand the text because while they are doing the activity, they will try to know the meaning of words or sentences in
order that they can get complete task.
2.6 Disadvantages of using Jigsaw Task to improve the students’ speaking ability
There are same disadvantages of using jigsaw task Johnson Johnson, 1993. They are
• Requires some time to prepare student to learn how to work in-groups.
• Requires planning and structuring by the teacher in other teaching to be
successfully. •
Requires creative assessment by the teacher for the students. •
Requires some time to make groups that each group has heterogeneity in their member ability.
• The teacher has to distribute the information and arrange the seating, so
that the students have easy access to the partner and they cannot see their partner information. So, it will use need longer time and more attention.
• The teacher will see the students who work individually since they do not
want to ask question to their partner.
2.7 Theoretically Assumption
In teaching speaking, they are some techniques that can help the teacher to reach the aim of teaching learning process. For this, jigsaw task was chosen as a
technique in teaching speaking. Jigsaw task was used because it got the students to be involved and active. Since,
the students in this case have a unique, essential part to play in the activity. Therefore, jigsaw task has an effective technique in teaching speaking.
2.8 Hypothesis
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